Statistics for Birds of New Zealand

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Answer Stats

Hint	Answer	% Correct
Ocean wandering bird, wingspan 3 metres	Royal Albatross / toroa	90%
Unique large nocturnal flightless brown bird, long beak, large egg	Kiwi	78%
Big cheeky parrot of the Southern Alps, green with orange under wings	Kea	73%
World's heaviest parrot, critically endangered, flightless, nocturnal, green	Kakapo	70%
Friendly tiny bush bird with energetic flying antics, unique tail	Fantail / piwakawaka	62%
New Zealand's only surviving native owl, haunting call at night	Morepork / ruru	54%
Common blue swamp bird with long red legs and red beak	Pukeko	52%
Feeds on nectar of native plants, beautiful melody, white tuft under throat	Tui	52%
Very rare blue duck, inhabits fast flowing streams, on NZ$10 note	Blue Duck / whio	44%
Large flightless critically endangered blue and green bird, red beak and short stout legs	Takahe	44%
Large bird with noisy beat of wings, green head, white vest, eats berries	New Zealand Pigeon / kereru	43%
Spectacular flier, flies faster than 100km/h, hunts prey larger than itself, on NZ$20 note	New Zealand Falcon / karearea	42%
Rare little penguin with yellow eyes and headband, on NZ$5 note	Yellow-eyed Penguin / hoiho	40%
Large brown flightless bird, curious, attracted to shiny things	Weka	39%
Tiny friendly olive-green forest bird with white rings around eyes	Silvereye or Wax-eye	37%
Grey forest bird with blue wattle, beautiful loud clear song, on NZ$50 note	Kokako	33%
Small bright green parrot of the forest, nest in holes in trees	New Zealand Parakeet / kakariki	33%
Vocal bird with chestnut-coloured saddle on its back and bright orange wattle	Saddleback / tieke	33%
Tiny black bird of Chatham Islands brought back from near-extinction when only one breeding female was left in the world (Old Blue)	Chatham Islands Black Robin	32%
Large black shorebird with long bright orange beak, wader	Variable Oystercatcher / torea	27%
Duck has pure white head and brown body, lives on pasture and in wetlands	Paradise Duck / putakitaki	26%
White graceful wetlands bird with long neck and legs, revered by Maori and Pakeha	White Heron / kotuku	22%
Small insect-eating forest bird found only in South Island and Stewart Island, bright yellow head and breast, on NZ$100 note	Yellowhead / mohua	18%